Trim dead, damaged, or crowded branches to boost fruit quality and keep trees tidy. Thinning the canopy and reducing height improves sun exposure, airflow, and ease of care. Regular pruning supports ...

There's something so charming about a citrus tree. With their bold, glossy green leaves and their bright and fragrant fruit, they can bring life and sunshine to any garden. But while they're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orange tree under a blanket of snow - Nikos Papanikolakis/Getty Images With abundant harvests of juicy fruit, verdant year-round ...

Pruning helps keep your lemon tree disease free.

Winter is when I do most of my fruit tree pruning. Why most and not all? In which part of winter? First, let’s answer this foundational question, “Why do we prune fruit trees?” Because it’s unwise to ...

Your personal citrus grove will flourish.

As we move into the cooler, wetter months, soil conditions become ideal for planting trees and shrubs. Moist ground and ...

Late winter is an ideal time for pruning many trees, and fruit trees are no exception. Regularly trimming away damaged and unsightly branches is key to maintaining a healthy tree with an aesthetically ...

Those of us who love fruit look forward to early summer’s apricots and berries, summer’s plums and peaches and fall’s apples and pears. With winter comes the “golden apples” we call citrus, just in ...

I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...